Mass on St. Katharine Drexel’s Feast Day Begins Year Honoring Philly’s Own Saint
March 4, 2025 | CatholicPhilly.com
By Jay Sorgi | CatholicPhilly.com
The Catholic Church of Philadelphia has begun a months-long commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, who was born in Philadelphia, and whose resting place is accessible to all who come to Center City at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
On Monday, March 3 – her feast day, and 70 years after her death in 1955 – the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was the setting for a Mass to start the 25th anniversary celebration of the canonization of the only Catholic saint born in the Delaware Valley.
The Catholic Church of Philadelphia has begun a months-long commemoration to mark the 25th anniversary of the canonization of St. Katharine Drexel, who was born in Philadelphia, and whose resting place is accessible to all who come to Center City at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul.
On Monday, March 3 – her feast day, and 70 years after her death in 1955 – the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was the setting for a Mass to start the 25th anniversary celebration of the canonization of the only Catholic saint born in the Delaware Valley.